Sitting pretty on a public company board: should she care what the shareholders think? Please join us for a substantive discussion of an illustrative case study at roundtables followed by a moderated panel discussion.

We are pleased to offer 2 hours of education credits through NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) and also CPE credits for accountants.

Roundtable Discussions: Table leaders will facilitate discussion at each table and seating will be assigned prior to the event. A copy of the case study will be sent to registered attendees the week of the event. Table assignments will be given at event check-in.

Over 30+ years of experience in building and developing high tech companies including executive positions at Norwest Banks (now Wells Fargo), Unisys, Managing Director Apple Asia where she led teams to open the China and India Markets for Apple Computer. CEO of several companies including VeriFone and Palm Computing. In the last decade she has been a “hired gun” for investors and assigned to Chemdex (Kleiner Perkins), BlueKite (TPG), Connection to eBay (Accenture), Firefly Mobile.

Robin currently serves on several public company boards: HCL Technologies, Unwired Planet, Sierra Wireless, FactSet Research and Lattice Semiconductor. Robin is focused on two primary non-profit activities: the Los Altos School District finance committee (CACF) and the Anita Borg Institute which promotes science and technology education and careers for women.

BETH BRONNERManaging Director, Mistral Equity Partners LLC

Ms. Bronner is a senior business leader with an outstanding track record delivering strong, profitable revenue and market share growth for marquee brands – Jim Beam, Revlon, Nabisco, AT&T, Haagen-Dazs and Citibank. She has demonstrated success in change management, business turnarounds, organization restructuring, and high-performance team building. Her proven ability to build brands is the result of strong consumer insights, strategic integrated marketing and superior market execution.

Ms. Bronner is a Managing Director of Mistral Equity Partners, LLC. Mistral is a private equity firm that specializes in the consumer and media sectors. Portfolio companies include Shearer’s, Jamba Juice, Worldlynx, LoveSac, Vino Volo, XpresSpa and Country Pure Foods.

Ms. Bronner was Global Chief Marketing Officer of Beam Spirits and Wine, President of consumer businesses for Revlon, Haagen-Dazs and Sunbeam and held senior marketing positions across a diverse group of consumer focused product and service industries.

Ms Bronner has had significant board director experience. Previous board assignments include Assurant, Inc., The Hain Celestial Group, Syms, Inc., Jamba Juice , Cool Brands International, Reddy Ice, Inc. and Oak Industries. Her committee experience includes audit, compensation and governance as well as two special committees. She has chaired the compensation committees for both Hain Celestial and Assurant, the governance committee for Cool Brands and the Assurant Special Committee during an SEC investigation.

Ms. Bronner received a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. She currently serves on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations including The Goodman Theater, President’s Advisory Council for Vassar College and The Marketing Steering Committee of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She is a former member of the board of The Cradle Foundation, The University of Chicago Laboratory School, The New School and The Women’s Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

LARRAINE SEGILCEO of Little Farm Company

Larraine Segil is a seasoned senior executive with entrepreneurial general management experience, and a world renowned level of expertise in conflict resolution and the creation, implementation and management of complex business alliances and outsourcing relationships

Current Positions:

Partner Emeritus of Vantage Partners, a consulting firm in conflict resolution and internal and external relationship management. She sold her shares of Vantage Partners in 2007

Author of Six Books – One Fiction (Penguin Books) and Five Business Books (Random House, John Wiley, AMACOM. Composer of Music and Creator of Children’s Products (Books, CD’s and more).

Creator of two endowment funds for scholarships for women managers in strategic alliances –at JDMBA program at The Peter Drucker School of Management & Southwestern School of Law, and at Pepperdine Business School Presidential Key Executive MBA Program.BA Honors in Latin and Classics, JD & MBA degrees.

KATHERINE BLAIRPartner, K&L Gates, LLP

Ms. Blair is a transactional partner practicing in the areas of corporate, mergers and acquisitions, securities, finance, and general commercial matters. She serves as the managing partner of the Los Angeles Corporate Practice. She has advised both sellers and buyers on a variety of complex transactions, including stock and asset sales, mergers, management and leveraged buy outs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and reorganizations. She represents companies in the structure, negotiation, diligence, and completion of transactions ranging from several million dollars to more than $500 million. She has worked in a diverse range of industries, such as mortgage banking, consumer and retail goods, internet and telecommunications, foreign manufacturing, biotechnology, and travel.

She advises companies on state and federal regulatory and governance and compliance matters related to the SEC, FINRA, NYSE, NYSE Amex, Nasdaq, state regulators, and other authorities. Ms. Blair also acts as consistent corporate counsel for companies advising them on general corporate matters, including Board and management counseling, disclosure matters and controls, equity compensation, and other business matters.

Keynote Speaker:

MOIRA CONLONPresident, Financial Profiles

As the Founder and President of Financial Profiles, Moira is responsible for many of the firm's key clients. Over her 25 year career, Moira has provided strategic counsel to managements, boards and communications teams of over 100 public and private companies in a variety of industries, including business services, consumer, traditional and renewable energies, engineering & construction services, financial services, health care, technology, and telecom.

Moira has advised numerous companies on transactions including initial public offerings, spin-offs, divestitures and mergers and acquisitions. She has also provided communications counsel to companies facing a wide variety of crises including significant earnings disappointments, options backdating, activist shareholders, employee lay-offs, management transitions and litigation.

Prior to founding Financial Profiles, Moira was a managing director at The Abernathy MacGregor Group, a leading financial PR firm specializing in transaction communications, crisis communications and investor relations. Previously, Moira was executive vice president of Financial Relations Board, where she directed the agency's West Coast investor relations practice.

Moira began her career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co., where she assisted banks and thrifts with equity, debt, money market and mortgage finance transactions.

Moira has a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. She is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute. Moira is a past judge for Ernst & Young's Greater Los Angeles Area Entrepreneur of the Year Program.

Moderator:

DARYA ALLEN-ATTARFounder, Broads CircleFinancial Advisor

Darya founded Broads Circle in 2008 with the goal of creating an exclusive network of senior businesswomen in the Los Angeles area. Broads Circle focuses on MONEY and POWER for women. A "Broad" in our circle is a dynamic, smart, successful woman responsible for driving revenue and growing capital. Our events provide a venue for making high quality revenue connections and are focused on taking women to the next and highest level in business to assume leadership positions. We draw from a wide range of industries, and in fact make a point of holding events which highlight women who lead in all the industries that are well represented in Los Angeles.

With over 20 years of experience in financial services, Darya's forte is strategic wealth management for families and foundations. She is a CPA and Personal Financial Specialist (PFS), and obtained her MBA from Fordham University. Darya has taught as an adjunct professor of Finance at New York University and has authored many financial planning articles. Darya is married with three children, lives in Pacific Palisades, CA, and currently serves on the Boards of the Westside YMCA Los Angeles and Mann Healthcare Partners. Darya is also the president of the Los Angeles Chapter of Advisors in Philanthropy (LA AiP).

She formerly served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Strome Investment Management, L.P. ("Strome"). Prior to Strome, Ms. Greenwood worked at portfolio companies funded by Pacific Capital Group and Ridgestone Corporation, including acting as Assistant General Counsel of Global Crossing Ltd. Ms. Greenwood began her legal career as an associate at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

Ms. Greenwood is a founding member of the West Coast Chapter of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and currently serves on the Board of the Association of Women in Alternative Investing. Ms. Greenwood received a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor of Business Administration with highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin.

A multi-experienced and dimensional woman, Eileen started an active business career, which has spanned the last 35 years. Eileen graduated with degrees in Philosophy and Sociology. She started her business climb with Procter & Gamble. While employed there, and then at Pillsbury Corporation, she perfected her persuasive selling skills. She moved on to Southland Corporation and then Chevron, taking positions from multi-unit oversight to marketing, merchandizing, and operations management. Eileen’s next stop was Blockbuster, where she successfully progressed through several positions before becoming the only female to reach to top ranking of Executive Vice President inside Blockbuster! Eileen was responsible for working all franchisees across the United States and Puerto Rico representing 1,050 stores, the company’s non-Blockbuster branded domestic retail concepts, and the operation of Blockbuster’s 450 Canadian stores. In addition, she served as the Global Diversity Officer driving forward Blockbuster’s global diversity efforts, and successfully developed a world-class diversity council and program that resulted in several national awards by key ethnic/diversity groups.

In 2006, Eileen left corporate America to start her business in Executive Coaching and consulting support. She has successfully supported leadership in the C-Suite, as well as VP and other leadership levels. She is certified in EQ, MBTI, and several other team effectiveness methods. She combines her deep business experience with her natural sense of humor, wrapped up in an impeccable commitment to serving her clients. It is a powerful combination.

In 2011, she took on an Interim Chief People Officer role for one of her key clients. She spent two years helping them work on their culture, senior team, people development process and succession planning. In 2013, she completed her work at Panda, and has enthusiastically returned to her passion …ETC Consulting and Executive Coaching.

Eileen is a widely sought motivational speaker on a range of topics, from Leadership Development, Emotional Intelligence, Diversity Impact, Female Executive Success, and How to create Functional Teams. Additionally, she has always given back to the community by serving on numerous prestigious community and industry boards, several examples being the Women’s Franchising and Distribution Forum Board, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), and the Urban League Youth Diversion Board. She was also keynote speaker at the inaugural North Texas Gay/Lesbian Chamber of Commerce as well as the Houston Gay/Lesbian Chamber. Most recently, she served for 2 years as Co-Chair of the Seattle Mayor’s Commission on Sexual Minorities.

Event Fees:Members--$60 Early Registration;$75 Regular Registration; $95 Late RegistrationNon-Members--A one-time $30 annual general membership fee will be added to all ticket prices above; increases to $50 on March 2nd.

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K&L Gates represents leading global corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. Our practice is a robust full market practice — cutting edge, complex and dynamic, at once regional, national and international in scope. Over the last three years our revenues exceeded $1 Billion and, as stated in the July 2010 issue of the UK publication Legal Business, the firm “has further cemented its position as the Global 100’s fastest growing firm.”